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Elliot Lefkowitz
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Elliot J Lefkowitz

PeerJ Editor

Summary

Professor of Microbiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB); Director of Informatics for the UAB Center for Clinical and Translational Science; Data Secretary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) and Editor-In-Chief of the ICTV Online (10th) Report on Virus Taxonomy. My research focuses on contributing to the understanding of microbial (especially viral) genomics and evolution by developing and utilizing computational tools and bioinformatics techniques to mine sequence and other data for significant patterns characteristic of function and/or evolution.

Bioinformatics Evolutionary Studies Genomics Microbiology Taxonomy Virology

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PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

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University of Alabama - Birmingham

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University of Alabama - Birmingham
March 1987
Microbiology

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PeerJ Contributions

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February 5, 2025
PyBootNet: a python package for bootstrapping and network construction
Shayan R. Akhavan, Scott T. Kelley
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18915 PubMed 39926032
January 10, 2025
Virseqimprover: an integrated pipeline for viral contig error correction, extension, and annotation
Haoqiu Song, Saima Sultana Tithi, Connor Brown, Frank O. Aylward, Roderick Jensen, Liqing Zhang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18515 PubMed 39807156
December 18, 2024
Incidence and risk factors of hepatitis E virus infection in women with gynecological tumors in Eastern China
Wenye Bai, Xiao Wu, Shuchao Zhao, Yang Yu, Zhongjun Wang, Xiu Li, Na Zhou
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18747 PubMed 39713139
September 13, 2024
Seasonal mouse cadaver microbial study: rupture time and postmortem interval estimation model construction
Xingchun Zhao, Fengqin Yang, Fan Yang, Hao Nie, Sheng Hu, Peng Gui, Yadong Guo, Changquan Zhang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17932 PubMed 39285921
November 14, 2023
Data mining reveals tissue-specific expression and host lineage-associated forms of Apis mellifera filamentous virus
Robert S. Cornman
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16455 PubMed 38025724
August 16, 2023
Detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms in virus genomes assembled from high-throughput sequencing data: large-scale performance testing of sequence analysis strategies
Johan Rollin, Rachelle Bester, Yves Brostaux, Kadriye Caglayan, Kris De Jonghe, Ales Eichmeier, Yoika Foucart, Annelies Haegeman, Igor Koloniuk, Petr Kominek, Hans Maree, Serkan Onder, Susana Posada Céspedes, Vahid Roumi, Dana Šafářová, Olivier Schumpp, Cigdem Ulubas Serce, Merike Sõmera, Lucie Tamisier, Eeva Vainio, Rene AA van der Vlugt, Sebastien Massart
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15816 PubMed 37601254
June 9, 2023
Characterization of prophages in bacterial genomes from the honey bee (Apis mellifera) gut microbiome
Emma K. Bueren, Alaina R. Weinheimer, Frank O. Aylward, Bryan B. Hsu, David C. Haak, Lisa K. Belden
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15383 PubMed 37312882
January 17, 2023
Detect feature edges for diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis
Jie Li, Yaotang Li
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14667 PubMed 36684669
January 9, 2023
Co-circulation of all the four Dengue virus serotypes during 2018–2019: first report from Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India
Sthita Pragnya Behera, Pooja Bhardwaj, Hirawati Deval, Neha Srivastava, Rajeev Singh, Brij Ranjan Misra, Awdhesh Agrawal, Asif Kavathekar, Rajni Kant
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14504 PubMed 36643644
November 30, 2021
EpiCurator: an immunoinformatic workflow to predict and prioritize SARS-CoV-2 epitopes
Cristina S. Ferreira, Yasmmin C. Martins, Rangel Celso Souza, Ana Tereza R. Vasconcelos
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12548 PubMed 34909278
June 17, 2021
Shifts in gut and vaginal microbiomes are associated with cancer recurrence time in women with ovarian cancer
David Jacobson, Kathleen Moore, Camille Gunderson, Michelle Rowland, Rita Austin, Tanvi Prasad Honap, Jiawu Xu, Christina Warinner, Krithivasan Sankaranarayanan, Cecil M. Lewis Jr
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11574 PubMed 34178459
June 14, 2021
Expanding standards in viromics: in silico evaluation of dsDNA viral genome identification, classification, and auxiliary metabolic gene curation
Akbar Adjie Pratama, Benjamin Bolduc, Ahmed A. Zayed, Zhi-Ping Zhong, Jiarong Guo, Dean R. Vik, Maria Consuelo Gazitúa, James M. Wainaina, Simon Roux, Matthew B. Sullivan
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11447 PubMed 34178438
May 5, 2021
Comparison of ultrafiltration and iron chloride flocculation in the preparation of aquatic viromes from contrasting sample types
Kathryn Langenfeld, Kaitlyn Chin, Ariel Roy, Krista Wigginton, Melissa B. Duhaime
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11111 PubMed 33996275
April 8, 2021
Bioinformatic prediction of immunodominant regions in spike protein for early diagnosis of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Siqi Zhuang, Lingli Tang, Yufeng Dai, Xiaojing Feng, Yiyuan Fang, Haoneng Tang, Ping Jiang, Xiang Wu, Hezhi Fang, Hongzhi Chen
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11232 PubMed 33889450
March 9, 2021
Long-term storage of feces at −80 °C versus −20 °C is negligible for 16S rRNA amplicon profiling of the equine bacterial microbiome
Stefan Gavriliuc, Mason R. Stothart, Astrid Henry, Jocelyn Poissant
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10837 PubMed 33854827
February 23, 2021
A modularity analysis helps improving the structure of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
Evangelos Vlachos
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10815 PubMed 33665017
October 20, 2020
Human papillomavirus infection and follow-up on positive results in 7222 female samples obtained from 2016 to 2019 in Hefei, China
Liduo Peng, Liping Yin, Yaqian Dai, Yuanjing Peng, Yuanhong Xu, Huaqing Hu, Jinping Qiao
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10179 PubMed 33150081
October 5, 2020
Description of a new member of the family Erysipelotrichaceae: Dakotella fusiforme gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from healthy human feces
Sudeep Ghimire, Supapit Wongkuna, Joy Scaria
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10071 PubMed 33083133
September 29, 2020
The increasing prevalence of CPV-2c in domestic dogs in China
Xiangqi Hao, Yuwei He, Chuhan Wang, Weiqi Xiao, Ruohan Liu, Xiangyu Xiao, Pei Zhou, Shoujun Li
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9869 PubMed 33062416
September 21, 2020
Genome analysis and phylogenetic characterization of two deformed wing virus strains from Apis cerana in Vietnam
Ha T. Thu, Nguyen T.K. Lien, Pham T. Lanh, Bui T.T. Duong, Nguyen T. Hoa, Man H. Phuoc, Pham H. Thai, Dong Van Quyen
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9911 PubMed 33005491
August 4, 2020
Regional distribution of Christensenellaceae and its associations with metabolic syndrome based on a population-level analysis
Xiang Li, Zewen Li, Yan He, Pan Li, Hongwei Zhou, Nianyi Zeng
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9591 PubMed 32832265
August 3, 2020
Classification of genomic components and prediction of genes of Begomovirus based on subsequence natural vector and support vector machine
Shaojun Pei, Rui Dong, Yiming Bao, Rong Lucy He, Stephen S.-T. Yau
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9625 PubMed 32832270
July 17, 2020
An updated genetic marker for detection of Lake Sinai Virus and metagenetic applications
Deborah D. Iwanowicz, Judy Y. Wu-Smart, Tugce Olgun, Autumn H. Smart, Clint R.V. Otto, Dawn Lopez, Jay D. Evans, Robert Cornman
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9424 PubMed 32742773
July 10, 2020
First report of begomoviruses infecting Cucumis sativus L. in North America and identification of a proposed new begomovirus species
Sarahi Sanchez-Chavez, Carlos Fernando Regla-Marquez, Zugey Elizabeth Cardenas-Conejo, Daniel Alejandro Garcia-Rodriguez, Sara Centeno-Leija, Hugo Serrano-Posada, Andromeda Liñan-Rico, Brenda Lizet Partida-Palacios, Yair Cardenas-Conejo
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9245 PubMed 32728488
June 24, 2020
URMAP, an ultra-fast read mapper
Robert Edgar
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9338 PubMed 32612885
June 17, 2020
Novel rapid identification of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) by real-time RT-PCR using BD Max Open System in Taiwan
Cherng-Lih Perng, Ming-Jr Jian, Chih-Kai Chang, Jung-Chung Lin, Kuo-Ming Yeh, Chien-Wen Chen, Sheng-Kang Chiu, Hsing-Yi Chung, Yi-Hui Wang, Shu-Jung Liao, Shih-Yi Li, Shan-Shan Hsieh, Shih-Hung Tsai, Feng-Yee Chang, Hung-Sheng Shang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9318 PubMed 32596046
March 24, 2020
Meta-SourceTracker: application of Bayesian source tracking to shotgun metagenomics
Jordan J. McGhee, Nick Rawson, Barbara A. Bailey, Antonio Fernandez-Guerra, Laura Sisk-Hackworth, Scott T. Kelley
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8783 PubMed 32231882
February 21, 2020
Molecular characterization of two recombinant isolates of telosma mosaic virus infecting Passiflora edulis from Fujian Province in China
Lixue Xie, Fangluan Gao, Jianguo Shen, Xiaoyan Zhang, Shan Zheng, Lijie Zhang, Tao Li
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8576 PubMed 32123643
February 17, 2020
AIF1 was identified as an up-regulated gene contributing to CSFV Shimen infection in porcine alveolar macrophage 3D4/21 cells
Xiaocheng Gong, Xuepeng Li, Xin You, Aoxue Hu, Min Liu, Huimin Yao, Jun He, Xianghan Zhang, Pengbo Ning
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8543 PubMed 32110485
February 6, 2020
Genetic recombination and diversity of sapovirus in pediatric patients with acute gastroenteritis in Thailand, 2010–2018
Kattareeya Kumthip, Pattara Khamrin, Hiroshi Ushijima, Limin Chen, Shilin Li, Niwat Maneekarn
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8520 PubMed 32071820
December 10, 2019
Exploring profile and potential influencers of vaginal microbiome among asymptomatic pregnant Chinese women
Yining He, Yun Huang, Zhengyin Zhang, Fengping Yu, Yingjie Zheng
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8172 PubMed 31844576
November 29, 2019
Characteristics of the vaginal microbiome in cross-border female sex workers in China: a case-control study
Xiang Hong, Shenghao Fang, Kaiping Huang, Jiechen Yin, Jianshuang Chen, Yan Xuan, Jing Zhu, Jun Ma, Pengfei Qin, Danhong Peng, Ning Wang, Bei Wang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8131 PubMed 31803537
November 25, 2019
Introducing a new tool to navigate, understand and use International Codes of Nomenclature
Evangelos Vlachos
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8127 PubMed 31788365
October 16, 2019
Full genome sequence analysis of a 1-7-4-like PRRSV strain in Fujian Province, China
Jiankui Liu, Chunhua Wei, Zhifeng Lin, Wei Xia, Ying Ma, Ailing Dai, Xiaoyan Yang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7859 PubMed 31637126
July 25, 2019
Detection of human Metapneumovirus infection in children under 18 years old hospitalized in Lima-Peru
Juana del Valle-Mendoza, Fiorella Orellana-Peralta, Luis J. del Valle, Eduardo Verne, Claudia Ugarte, Claudia Weilg, Wilmer Silva-Caso, Jorge Valverde-Ezeta, Hugo Carrillo-Ng, Isaac Peña-Tuesta, Carlos Palomares-Reyes, Angela Cornejo-Tapia, Miguel Angel Aguilar-Luis
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7266 PubMed 31380147
July 19, 2019
Microbial taxonomical composition in spruce phyllosphere, but not community functional structure, varies by geographical location
Yunshi Li, Xiukun Wu, Wanfu Wang, Minghao Wang, Changming Zhao, Tuo Chen, Guangxiu Liu, Wei Zhang, Shiweng Li, Huaizhe Zhou, Minghui Wu, Ruiqi Yang, Gaosen Zhang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7376 PubMed 31355059
May 17, 2019
Genotypic analyses and virulence characterization of Glaesserella parasuis isolates from Taiwan
Wei-Hao Lin, Hsing-Chun Shih, Chuen-Fu Lin, Cheng-Yao Yang, Chao-Nan Lin, Ming-Tang Chiou
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6960 PubMed 31149406
April 17, 2019
Molecular characterization and phylogenetic analysis of a Squash leaf curl virus isolate from Baja California Sur, Mexico
Diana Medina-Hernández, M. Goretty Caamal-Chan, Mayela Vargas-Salinas, Abraham Loera-Muro, Aarón Barraza, Ramón Jaime Holguín-Peña
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6774 PubMed 31024774
March 21, 2019
Relative abundance and molecular evolution of Lake Sinai Virus (Sinaivirus) clades
Robert S. Cornman
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6305 PubMed 30923646
January 9, 2019
A public database for the new MLST scheme for Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum: surveillance and epidemiology of the causative agent of syphilis
Linda Grillova, Keith Jolley, David Šmajs, Mathieu Picardeau
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6182 PubMed 30643682
November 28, 2018
Taxonomic patterns in the zoonotic potential of mammalian viruses
Alex D. Washburne, Daniel E. Crowley, Daniel J. Becker, Kevin J. Olival, Matthew Taylor, Vincent J. Munster, Raina K. Plowright
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5979 PubMed 30519509
October 24, 2018
Infection and coinfection by human papillomavirus, Epstein–Barr virus and Merkel cell polyomavirus in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx: a retrospective study
Jose Manuel Vazquez-Guillen, Gerardo C. Palacios-Saucedo, Lydia Guadalupe Rivera-Morales, Monica Valeria Alonzo-Morado, Saira Berenice Burciaga-Bernal, Maribel Montufar-Martinez, Rocio Ortiz-Lopez, Vianey Gonzalez-Villasana, Ana Carolina Martinez-Torres, Julio Cesar Serna-Hernandez, Silvia Judith Hernandez-Martinez, Edmundo Erbey Castelan-Maldonado, Angel Zavala-Pompa, Martha Socorro Montalvo-Bañuelos, Ricardo Garcia-Cabello, Ethel Corinthia Sanchez-Fresno, Cristina Rodriguez-Padilla
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5834 PubMed 30386708
April 11, 2018
Evaluation of a therapy for Idiopathic Chronic Enterocolitis in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) and linked microbial community correlates
Joshua M. Taylor, Erik L. Clarke, Kate Baker, Abigail Lauder, Dorothy Kim, Aubrey Bailey, Gary D. Wu, Ronald G. Collman, Lara Doyle-Meyers, Kasi Russell-Lodrigue, James Blanchard, Frederic D. Bushman, Rudolf Bohm
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4612 PubMed 29666764
March 27, 2018
Genome rearrangements and phylogeny reconstruction in Yersinia pestis
Olga O. Bochkareva, Natalia O. Dranenko, Elena S. Ocheredko, German M. Kanevsky, Yaroslav N. Lozinsky, Vera A. Khalaycheva, Irena I. Artamonova, Mikhail S. Gelfand
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4545 PubMed 29607260
February 20, 2018
Genomic evolution, recombination, and inter-strain diversity of chelonid alphaherpesvirus 5 from Florida and Hawaii green sea turtles with fibropapillomatosis
Cheryl L. Morrison, Luke Iwanowicz, Thierry M. Work, Elizabeth Fahsbender, Mya Breitbart, Cynthia Adams, Deb Iwanowicz, Lakyn Sanders, Mathias Ackermann, Robert S. Cornman
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4386 PubMed 29479497
January 12, 2018
FastViromeExplorer: a pipeline for virus and phage identification and abundance profiling in metagenomics data
Saima Sultana Tithi, Frank O. Aylward, Roderick V. Jensen, Liqing Zhang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4227 PubMed 29340239
January 2, 2018
Profiling of subgingival plaque biofilm microbiota in female adult patients with clear aligners: a three-month prospective study
Runzhi Guo, Yunfei Zheng, Hao Liu, Xiaobei Li, Lingfei Jia, Weiran Li
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4207 PubMed 29312828